Warm Start to 2006

...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF JANUARY...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF JANUARY 2006 ARETHE SIXTH WARMEST ON RECORD AT SIOUX FALLS...TIED FOR FIFTH WARMESTAT SIOUX CITY...AND TIED FOR SEVENTH WARMEST AT HURON. THIS CORRECTSINFORMATION TRANSMITTED EARLIER TODAY.

FOR SIOUX FALLS...THE NORMAL EARLY JANUARY AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATUREIS AROUND 13 DEGREES...WITH A NORMAL HIGH AROUND 24 AND A NORMAL LOWAROUND 2 ABOVE. FOR THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF JANUARY 2006...THE AVERAGETEMPERATURE WAS 28.7 DEGREES...OR NEARLY 16 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

FOR SIOUX CITY...THE NORMAL EARLY JANUARY AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATUREIS AROUND 18 DEGREES...WITH A NORMAL HIGH AROUND 28 AND A NORMAL LOWAROUND 8 ABOVE. FOR THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF JANUARY 2006...THE AVERAGETEMPERATURE WAS 32.5 DEGREES...OR 14.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

FOR HURON THE NORMAL EARLY JANUARY AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE ISAROUND 13 DEGREES...WITH A NORMAL HIGH AROUND 24 AND A NORMAL LOWAROUND 3 ABOVE. FOR THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF JANUARY 2006...THE AVERAGETEMPERATURE WAS 28.9 DEGREES...OR NEARLY 16 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.